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Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Serge Koussevitzky Archive, 1920-1976 (bulk: 1924-1951)

Title: Serge Koussevitzky Archive 1920-1976 (bulk 1924-1951)

The archive is a collection of correspondence, personal and business papers, photographs, and other materials which document some of the most significant aspects of twentieth-century music. Through his work as a conductor and publisher, and his efforts to commission new musical works, Koussevitzky maintained deep ties with many of the finest composers and musicians of the day. These figures are represented in their personal and professional affiliations with the conductor. In addition to serving as a record of Koussevitzky's life and career, the collection extensively chronicles periods in the history of organizations such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Music Center, the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, and the American International Music Fund. Material in the collection dates from Koussevitzky's years in his native Russia. The bulk of the collection dates from 1924 to 1951; it also contains material created after Koussevitzky's death, reflecting his widow's continuing work with various organizations and projects. Musical compositions commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky are part of the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation Collection, and are shelved in ML30.3c, ML30.3c2, ML30.3c3, and ML30.3e2.

ArchivalResource: circa 13,000 items; 138 boxes; 100 linear feet

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Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Autograph postcard signed, dated : "de Grand Canyon à Buffalo," 14 April 1928, to [Roland-Manuel], 1928 Apr. 14.

Title: Autograph postcard signed, dated : "de Grand Canyon à Buffalo," 14 April 1928, to [Roland-Manuel], 1928 Apr. 14.

Saying he is just finishing a ten-day excursion: Houston--Grand Canyon--Buffalo (the equivalent of Paris--Constantinople--Stockholm), mentioning the prehistoric footprints in the Painted Desert, saying he goes to Buffalo and Montreal next, etc.; the view on the postcard is of the Grand Canyon.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (obl. 24mo)

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Durey, Louis, 1888-1979. Autograph letters signed (17) and autograph postcards signed (7), dated : St. Tropez, Paris, Toulon, [and other places], 1920-1927, to Louise Alvar (one is to her husband, Charles Copeley Harding), 1920 Apr. 14.

Title: Autograph letters signed (17) and autograph postcards signed (7), dated : St. Tropez, Paris, Toulon, [and other places], 1920-1927, to Louise Alvar (one is to her husband, Charles Copeley Harding), 1920 Apr. 14.

Mostly of a social nature, accepting invitations, arranging travel and visiting plans, giving news of friends, family, and weather, saying he has finished his most important work--finally, he will no longer be called " 'l'auteur des Epigrammes de Théocrite'!"--, saying he has finished two Valéry songs, a sonatine for flute and piano, and begun a one-act drame lyrique on L'occasion (Mérimée), mentioning Bartók, Jean-Aubry, Ravel ("qui est si gentil et si simple"), Poulenc, Honegger, Roland-Manuel, Prunières [whose invitations Durey does not accept], [Stravinsky's] Sacre du printemps ("ce chef-d'oeuvre magnifique"), Berners, Evans, Kling, and others, etc.

ArchivalResource: 24 items (49 p.) ; various sizes.

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Salazar, Adolfo, 1890-1958. Autograph letters signed (4), autograph postcards signed (5) and typewritten letters signed (2), dated : Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Berlin, and Prague, 1919-1928, to Louise Alvar, 1921 June 8. and 1925 Sept. 9.

Title: Autograph letters signed (4), autograph postcards signed (5) and typewritten letters signed (2), dated : Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Berlin, and Prague, 1919-1928, to Louise Alvar, 1921 June 8. and 1925 Sept. 9.

Of a social nature, discussing travel and concert plans, thanking her for accepting the dedication of one of his Verlaine songs, expressing the hope that Falla's Retablo [de maese Pedro] will be performed in London--"Naturellement on a pensé toujours à vous pour le rôle de l'Enfant"--, and of Ernesto [Halffter's] Automne malade, Psyché, and Sinfonietta, mentioning [Georges] Jean-Aubry, Robert[o] Gerhard, Frederic Mompou, Roland-Manuel, Malipiero, Casella, Viñes, Sauguet, Sigrid and Charlie [Harding], and others, etc.; one letter is also signed by Ernesto Halffter.

ArchivalResource: 11 items (21 p., with 6 envelopes.) ; various sizes.

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Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)

Title: Nicolas Slonimsky Collection 1873-1997 (bulk 1920-1990)

Collection contains materials collected by Slonimsky throughout his lifetime that document his life and work as musicologist, composer, conductor, lecturer and author. Included are personal biographical materials; Slonimsky's writings (drafts, typescripts, reprints, etc.) of newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mosly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's and The international cyclopedia; music collected by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed and multi-composer collections; among the manuscripts are many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs an those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little known musicians from the United States and elsewhere.

ArchivalResource: circa 118,600 items; 354 boxes; 500 linear feet

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Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974. [Book of autographs of vistors to Louise Hanson-Dyer] [manuscript].

Title: [Book of autographs of vistors to Louise Hanson-Dyer] [manuscript]. [ca. 1926-ca.1956]

Elaborately bound album containing paintings, poems, individual and group signatures, musical autographs, and a complete musical sketch for trio, autograph by Gustav Holst. Includes paintings by H.S. Power, Will Ashton, W. McInnes, John Shirlow, Arthur Hinton, Dora Meeson, Thea Proctor, John D. Moore, James R. Jackson and Arthur Streeton. Poems are by Helen E. Wallace and James Joyce. Signatures include those of Max Ernst, O. Zadkine, Valentine Prax and Sam Atyeo; and there are musical autographs by Wilhelm Backhaus, Roland-Manuel, Jean Françaix, Albert Roussel, Gustav Holst, Arthur Hoérée, Arnold Bax, Ernst Krenek, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Alfred Deller, Florent Schmitt, Joseph Szigeti and Thurston Dart.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. : ill. ; 39 cm.

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Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. [Vocal score of L'heure espagnole].

Title: [Vocal score of L'heure espagnole]. 10 [19]07.

ArchivalResource: 1 vocal score (64 p.) ; 35 x 27 cm.

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Duvivier, Julien, 1896-1967. La bandera / Julien Duvivier, réal., scénario ; Pierre Mac Orlan, aut. adapté ; Charles Spaak, scénario ; Jean Wiener, Roland Manuel, comp. ; Jean Gabin, Annabella, Robert Le Vigan... [et al.], act.

Title: La bandera / Julien Duvivier, réal., scénario ; Pierre Mac Orlan, aut. adapté ; Charles Spaak, scénario ; Jean Wiener, Roland Manuel, comp. ; Jean Gabin, Annabella, Robert Le Vigan... [et al.], act.

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